Chemistry

Discover a curated list of renowned celebrities who have made significant contributions to the field of Chemistry. From Nobel laureates to pioneering researchers, explore their fascinating journeys and the impact they have had on scientific advancements.

Alexander Todd
Alexander Todd
Great Britain
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1957
Hans Kuhn
Hans Kuhn
Switzerland
Swiss physical chemist, professor emeritus
Robert Mistrik
Robert Mistrik
Slovakia
Slovak chemist
Ejlhard Mitcherlih
Ejlhard Mitcherlih
Germany
German chemist
Johan Gadolin
Johan Gadolin
Finland
Finnish chemist, physicist and mineralogist
Kurt Alder
Kurt Alder
Germany
Chemist
Eugen Baumann
Eugen Baumann
Germany
German chemist
Hans Fischer
Hans Fischer
Germany
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1930.
Carl Auer Welsbach
Carl Auer Welsbach
Austria
Austrian chemist
Nikolay Zhavoronkov
Nikolay Zhavoronkov
Soviet scientist in the field of inorganic chemistry and chemical technology
Albrecht Kossel
Albrecht Kossel
Germany
German biochemist
Boris Byzov
Boris Byzov
Russian chemist
Hermann Emil Fischer
Hermann Emil Fischer
Germany
German organic chemist
Myrtle Bachelder
Myrtle Bachelder
USA
American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Great Britain
British biochemist
Joseph Priestley
Joseph Priestley
Great Britain
English chemist, philosopher, proponent of deism
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac
Switzerland
Swiss chemist who discovered ytterbium
Johann Griess
Johann Griess
Germany
German organic chemist.
Jean Baptiste Boussingault
Jean Baptiste Boussingault
France
French chemist
William Hyde Wollaston
William Hyde Wollaston
Great Britain
English chemist and physicist, scientist of the Royal Society of London
Raimond Davis
Raimond Davis
USA
American chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2002.
Carl Cori
Carl Cori
USA
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1947 jointly with Gerty T. Cori and Bernardo Usai
Yaroslav Geyerovskiy
Yaroslav Geyerovskiy
Chemist, founder of polarography, Nobel Prize (1959)
Karl Ziegler
Karl Ziegler
Germany
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963 (together with D. Natta).
Constantin Fahlberg
Constantin Fahlberg
Germany
German chemist, inventor of saccharin.
John Kendrew
John Kendrew
Great Britain
English biochemist, specialist in molecular biology,
Karl Bosh
Karl Bosh
Germany
Chemist
Hermann Staudinger
Hermann Staudinger
Germany
German chemist, awarded the 1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Andrzej Borodzik
Andrzej Borodzik
Poland
Polish chemist, specialist in the production of antibiotics, scout
Semen Volfkovich
Semen Volfkovich
Soviet chemist, academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Iogann Faust
Iogann Faust
Germany
Doctor, warlock, who lived in the first half of the 16th century. in Germany.
Ilmar Koppel
Ilmar Koppel
Estonia
Estonian and Soviet chemist, Doctor of Chemical Sciences
Ilia Borshov
Ilia Borshov
Russia
Russian botanist and chemist
Hennig Brand
Hennig Brand
Germany
He is believed to have discovered phosphorus in 1669.
Alice Hamilton
Alice Hamilton
USA
American scientist, specialist in toxicology and occupational hygiene.
Harold Clayton Urey
Harold Clayton Urey
USA
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1934
Martin Hans Boye
Martin Hans Boye
Denmark
Danish-American chemist
Michael Goryaev
Michael Goryaev
Kazakhstan
Chemist, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR
Jerom Karle
Jerom Karle
USA
American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1985
Jack Baldwin
Jack Baldwin
Great Britain
English chemist
Frank Clarke
Frank Clarke
USA
American geochemist
Yacov Bickerman
Yacov Bickerman
USA
American and German chemist
Paul Walden
Paul Walden
Russia
Russian, then German chemist of Latvian origin
Ellen Swallow Richards
Ellen Swallow Richards
USA
American chemist
Friedrich Bergius
Friedrich Bergius
Germany
Chemist
Theodore William Richards
Theodore William Richards
USA
Chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1914
George Wittig
George Wittig
Germany
German organic chemist, Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry (1979, together with G. C. Brown).
Friedrich Adolf Paneth
Friedrich Adolf Paneth
Austria
German chemist and geochemist
Ernst Otto Beckmann
Ernst Otto Beckmann
Germany
German chemist.
Mozes Gomberg
Mozes Gomberg
USA
American organic chemist known as the "father of radical chemistry"